With a flourishing artist like Diego Rivera was, it is hard to tell which artwork of his is more important than others. But, some of his murals definitely stood out and some were made more popular than others over time. However, each and every one of them holds a story behind. Here, we present to you the most famous murals painted by Diego Rivera. Enjoy their stories. Creation was the first of Diego Rivera works. He started painting it in January , and it was rather experimental within the encaustic technique , but it would become truly significant for the career ahead of him.
Not just because it was his first mural, but because he had to guard himself with a pistol against right-wing students that were furious and kept surrounding him all the time. Why were those students so harsh on Diego Rivera? Besides being well-known for his artistic talent and impeccable career as a painter, Rivera was also in famous for his personal beliefs that he stood really hard for.
Those beliefs matched the communist ideals , so Diego Rivera eventually became one of the leading communists in Mexico. Many of Diego Rivera paintings depicted Mexican history and society, especially the Mexican Revolution. The mural In the Arsenal from is no exception.
Detail of the In the Arsenal artwork depicted here shows Frida Kahlo while she is handing out munition to revolutionary soldiers. Only a few years later Mello was shot in the streets while walking with Tina, so she was accused of having hired the killer.
Thanks to the influence of Diego Rivera she was freed from charges. There is one more intriguing persona in the mural. The man with the black hat looking at Tina is Vittorio Vidali, a Stalinist agent who became Tina's lover after Mella's death. There are strong indications that he was the actual killer of Mella. As The figures in this painting illustrate Rivera's political beliefs, too, there is also Leon Trotsky in the painting.
How come Trotsky is there? Some tend to interpret this artwork as an evidence of Rivera's prior knowledge of the murder of Julio Antonio Mella, allegedly by Vittorio Vidali. It was never proven, though. In September , Rivera accepted an invitation from an architect Timothy L. John D. Rockefeller Jr. It was for this reason primarily that Rockefeller Center decided to destroy it. In the late s, Rivera went through a slow period, in terms of work. He had no major mural commissions around this time so he devoted himself to painting other works.
While they always had a stormy relationship, Rivera and Kahlo decided to divorce in But the pair reunited the following year and remarried. The couple hosted Communist exile Leon Trotsky at their home during this period. By the mids, Rivera's health was in decline. He had traveled abroad for cancer treatment, but doctors were unable to cure him. Rivera died of heart failure on November 24, , in Mexico City, Mexico. Known for numerous dalliances with women, Rivera married fellow artist Frida Kahlo in He already had been twice before he wed Kahlo, who was 20 years his junior and had several children from his past relationships.
Rivera and Kahlo shared an interest in radical politics and Marxism. Rivera lost his wife Kahlo, in and the following year, he married Emma Hurtado, his art dealer. Since his death, Rivera is remembered as an important figure in 20th-century art. His childhood home is now a museum in Mexico. It's hard to catch in one picture, but this is an extension of the fresco onto the ceiling above the staircase. You can see this mural on the first and third Monday of the month at 3pm. This is when CityGuides offers a guided tour of the mural and it's the only time it's open to the public.
Please click here to visit the CityGuides site to make a reservation to see this mural. The tour is free and they request that you do not wear shorts, tank tops, or sweats during the tour as you will be entering a high-end, private club. This is the second Diego Rivera mural completed in the US. He completed this fresco in This one is considered a fresco within a fresco.
It shows the painters in action as they build the fresco. You can see all of the artists, along with their scaffolding, layered on top of the masterpiece they are completing. This one also includes the backside of Diego Rivera as he watches the artists work on the fresco below. Enter through the doorway shown in the picture below and take an immediate left.
Walk to the end and take an immediate right. The Diego Rivera Gallery will be the first door on your left. It's also just a few blocks from the bottom of Lombard Street , the famous crooked street. This enormous work of art stands 22 feet tall and is 75 feet wide. It is made up of 10 panels and is the largest significant piece of work he did.
It is also the last official fresco he created in the US. It is in their free gallery area, so you do not need to pay to see it.
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